The Satyr and the Traveller

 A Satyr, ranging in the forest in winter, came across a Traveller¹, half starved with the cold. He took pity on him and invited him to go to his cave. On their way the Man kept blowing upon his fingers.

 

"Why do you do that?" said the Satyr, who had seen little of the world.

 

"To warm my hands, they are nearly frozen," replied the Man.

 

Arrived at the cave, the Satyr poured out a mess of smoking² pottage and laid it before the Traveller, who at once commenced³ blowing at it with all his might.

 

"What, blowing again!" cried the Satyr. "Is it not hot enough?"

 

"Yes, faith," answered the Man, "it is hot enough in all conscience⁴, and that is just the reason why I blow it."

 

"Be off with you!" cried the Satyr, in alarm; "I will have no part with a man who can blow hot and cold from the same mouth."

 

1 traveller   

n.旅馆；旅游者

参考例句：

• Almost every traveller carried about a camera.几乎每个旅行者都带着相机。
• It is nothing but a traveller's tale.这只不过是海外奇谈。

2 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。

3 commenced   

开始( commence的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The little girl commenced to cry when she saw the snake. 这小女孩一看到蛇就开始哭了起来。
• She commenced her life as an actress in the 1930s. 从30年代她就开始舞台生涯。

4 conscience   

n.良心，道德心

参考例句：

• Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months. 几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心。
• He was pricked by his conscience. 他受到良心的谴责。